Slough · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Horton, Slough
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in Horton and across Slough. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
Extract fan cleaning in Horton, done properly
Grease on a fan is not spread evenly. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. Typical jobs include a fan shaking on its mounts and a heavily greased fan housing, on roof-mounted fans, discharge points and fan housings.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Horton (SL3, TW19)
- Wider area
- Slough
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
The process
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Horton, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
Why deal with it now?
Cleaning the fan in Horton now is a short job: it takes an hour or two for most single fans. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. With notice, the visit to Horton can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Why book with us
- We are fully insured
- In business since 2009
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Every job surveyed first
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Keep access to the fan clear
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
How we price extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
- Whether several sites go on one quote
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Kitchen extracts in Horton
Food Standards Agency data counts about 19 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Horton. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. Fire safety in Horton falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Horton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Windsor and Maidenhead council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Colnbrook Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Horton (Frogmore House is about 2.5 miles west), fitting access panels needs care.
Horton is about 3 miles north of Egham, in Slough. Anywhere in SL3, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. We cover 31 places across Slough, large and small. There’s also a page for Guildford, roughly 16 miles from Horton.
Extract fan cleaning in SL3 and TW19 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Stanwell Road, Bells Lane and Foundry Lane or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside Horton, we cover Brands Hill (1 mile north), Colnbrook (1 mile north-east), Sunnymeads (1 mile west), Poyle (1 mile north-east) and Wraysbury (1 mile south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Slough (4 miles north-west), Cippenham (5 miles north-west), Chalvey (4 miles north-west), Britwell (6 miles north-west), Upton (3 miles north-west) and Burnham (7 miles north-west).
What’s near Horton
Around Horton, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Five Bells Public House, Langley Grammar School and Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve, among other places. The closest station to Horton is Sunnymeads station, about 1 mile west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Upton Hospital (3.3 miles north-west) and Windsor Castle (3 miles west). Open spaces near Horton include Staines Reservoirs.
Towns and villages near Horton
Also in Horton
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Horton?
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A motor area thick with grease
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan shaking on its mounts
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Michael or elsewhere in Horton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Horton: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Horton?
The local authority for Horton is Windsor and Maidenhead council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Horton?
Horton is in the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits.
Do you work in Horton?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Horton included.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours the kitchen cooks in BESA guidance. At the extremes, that’s 3-monthly for heavy use and 12-monthly for light use, fan included.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
Photos, notes on condition and a recommended next date. File it with your other extract records.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.